Featured Antique War ID Disc Maybe Civil War?

I got this disc out of a lot of items from an attic.I'm not sure if it's fake or real.Does have some wear.Need a good cleaning altho I have not tried to clean it.Has Lt Dorsey Pender.

 

Looks like a casting possibly from an original coin.

 

I throught the same but wasn't sure.I looked with my loupe and coin showed wear.

 

Look at the engraving,you should be able to see the actual cuts and in the photo the edges look rounded.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by the cut,the actual engravings.

 

Looks like a very worn 1860 Liberty Silver dollar, my guess is someone made a commemorative coin from a well worn 1860.

 

It's a "Sitting Liberty" coin.
Looks like someone smoothed down the back and put CSA - Confederate States of America on the back - along with a name, and regiment.

As a Civil War item - if you can figure out the person, this may have some value to it.

@daveydempsey for coin info

 

DON'T CLEAN IT! ! !

 

I bet it would have some collector value. At worse junk silver pricing. It's a nice piece history, I'd hang on to it.

 

I looked up the name.William Dorsey Pender(February 6, 1834 – July 18, 1863) was a General in theConfederacyin theAmerican Civil Warserving as a Brigade and Divisional commander. Promoted to brigadier on the battlefield at Seven Pines by Confederate President Jefferson Davis in person, he fought in the Seven Days Battles and at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, being wounded in each of these engagements. Lee rated him as one of the most promising of his commanders,[1]promoting him to major general at twenty-nine. Pender was mortally wounded on the second day ofGettysburg.

 

Well that's to bad, if it was a silver liberty you'd still get junk silver price for it.

 

Well you learn something everyday! Not my area of expertise but I won't have even considered this being a fake. Good info Davey.

 

Good work in finding those!